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dutifully

[doo-tuh-flee, dyoo-] / ˈdu tə fli, ˈdju- /




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Despite that, parts of millions of people’s paychecks were dutifully invested in them based on cookie-cutter formulas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Now is the time to sing this big song,” RM said somewhat dutifully on Tuesday before the group did “Butter.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

That musical’s writer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, penned the songs for the 2016 film alongside Opetaia Foaʻi and Mark Mancina; dutifully reprised here, they remain basically persuasive works of Disney pop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Maro Itoje, Jamie George, Owen Farrell, Elliot Daly, and Mako and Billy Vunipola dutifully served out a single-season spell in the second tier.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

He remembered the first stream of words entering his mind, remembered dutifully repeating them, his mind relaxing into a feeling of marvelous happiness.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart


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